Cain Accuser was Involved in Return of Elian Gonzalez to Cuba, & Now Works For Obama Administration

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November



by Chuck Wolk

At the center of the allegations against Herman Cain is current Obama administration employee, who was also the spokeswoman for Janet Reno during the Elian Gonzales fiasco during the Clinton Presidency.  For those unfamiliar with Elian Gonzalez, he was a young boy who survived an ill-fated trip to America in November 1999. Twelve Cubans set out for Cuba in an unstable boat, but only Elian and one other person would make it to America alive. Elizabeth Gonzales was attempting to do something that has been done more than a thousand times since Castro's revolution that brought communism to the tiny island. Elian's mother gave her life so that her son could be raised in freedom, but it was never to be.

After floating in the ocean on a tube for days, Elian and one other survivor was eventually rescued by two fishermen who turned him over to the U.S. Coast Guard. There is a law that states that if a Cuban refugee makes it to American soil, they must be allowed to stay. At first the U.S. authorities gave Elian over to his paternal great uncle, but his father in Cuba claimed not to have known he was taken taken from Cuba and demanded his return.  Since young Elian never made it to land, the stage was set for a tragic ending where no one would win, especially young Elian.

In the ensuing Months, Elian's relatives would fight for his freedom from a government his mother thought he would be safe under. After numerous legalities, (then) Attorney General Janet Reno made a decision to remove him from the home in Florida. In the pre-dawn hours of April 22, 2000 U.S. officials, including SWAT raided the home and took Elian Gonzalez away and he was subsequently returned to his father in Cuba, much to the chagrin, disappointment, and outrage by the Miami Cuban exile community.

Well, now we learn that the woman who was the official government spokesperson for the Reno Justice Dept in the Elian case was non other than Karen Kraushaar, who is currently a communications director for the Obama administrations Inspector General's Office at the Treasury Department. This is a position she has held since since last year.



The following was lifted from the Vanderbilt University
Discover Library Website.


Title: US-Cuba Relations / Elian's Custody Battle
Author: NBC
Jim Avila ; Tom Brokaw ; Andrea Mitchell is Part Of: NBC Evening News for Tuesday, 28, 2000
Description: (Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced. (State Department: Andrea Mitchell)
Efforts of the US Immigration and Naturalization Services to force the American family of 6-year-old Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez agree to a final court decision reported. INS Karen KRAUSHAAR - says there have been great efforts to bring about a resolution. Family spokesman Armando GUTIERREZ - asks why the family should be forced to sign the legal document. University of Miami professor David ABRAHAM - says the family keeps using delaying tactics. Cousin Marisleysis GONZALEZ - says Elian thinks his mother may still be alive. Chautauqua Institution Joan Brown CAMPBELL - says Elian's close family is in Cuba. Senator Connie MACK - asks why people seeking legal rights should be forced to give up those rights. (Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced. (Chicago: Jim Avila) Concerns about helping Elian come to terms with grief after the death of his mother examined; details given of ways children of various ages deal with death. Columbia University Dr. Grace Hyslop CHRIST - talks about what behavior she has seen in grieving children. Lucy Daniels Center Dr. Don ROSENBLITT - explains why pre-schoolers are so vulnerable when a parent dies. Defector Walter POLOVCHAK - says he dreamed people would chase him.
Publisher: Vanderbilt Television News Archive
Language: English
Creation Date: 2000-03-28
Format: mpeg: Extent:17:33:30-17:39:40
Identifier: tvnews633947


We also now know that Sharon Bialek, (photo below) the woman brought forward by Gloria Allred, is a gold digger from Chicago which is also Obama and his henchman's backyard. So can anyone convince me that the Obama administration is not behind this attack on Herman Cain?


Below is an article from dailymail.com about the woman behind the scenes that started the current attack on Herman Cain. An attack that was most likely started from the oval office by the president the United States himself. Obama has the most to lose if Herman Cain wins the Republican presidential primary. The more we learn about the women behind the allegations against Cain, the more we learn that even if we can not convince all Americans that Obama is the culprit, we can see his fingerprints all over the proof. I have said it time and time again. The left has cried wolf so many times that the charge of racism and sexism means nothing.


About Herman Cain Accuser by the Daily Mail

Herman Cain claims sexual harassment accusations threatening to derail his presidential campaign are a smear campaign. But friends and family of one accuser say she is a principled and dedicated professional who was only trying to right a wrong no woman should suffer in the workplace.

Karen Kraushaar, a 55-year-old former journalist and seasoned government spokeswoman who served on the front lines of the Elian Gonzalez custody battle, is a competitive equestrian and lover of golden retrievers. She has been married for more than two decades.



Photo: Facebook

Karen Kraushaar has been a competitive equestrian and longtime government worker.

"She wouldn't be the type to make false allegations," brother-in-law Ned Kraushaar, a Georgia software consultant, told The Daily. "This happened [more than] 10 years ago. It's not like she wanted to try and hurt the Republican Party."

Karen Kraushaar currently serves as a communications director at the Inspector General's Office of the Treasury Department, a position she has held since last year. She did not return phone messages left by The Daily.

She is "an extraordinarily good person," said Jennie Williams, a friend and Atlanta equestrian. "She is very reliable and has lots of integrity. I don't know what happened. I don't want to know. Enough is enough. She is quality."

A former colleague at the National Restaurant Association who asked not to be identified said of Kraushaar, "The woman is a consummate professional. What I saw was an extremely talented woman. A professional, knowledgeable woman and nothing more."

On Oct. 30, Politico first reported that two women had accused Cain, who leads many polls in the Republican presidential race, of inappropriate comments and sexual advances in the 1990s. A fourth woman, Sharon Bialek, came forward yesterday, flanked by high-profile attorney Gloria Allred.

Kraushaar, who lives in Maryland, has no desire to speak publicly about the complaint she filed against Cain, letting her superiors know "about a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances from the CEO," her attorney, Joel Bennett, said recently.

"Those complaints were resolved in an agreement with her acceptance of a monetary settlement," Bennett said. "She and her husband see no value in revisiting this matter now, nor in discussing this matter further, publicly or privately. In fact, it would be extremely painful to do so."

Ned Kraushaar said his sister-in-law never discussed the incident that allegedly occurred when she was a spokeswoman for the National Restaurant Association from 1998 to 1999, a Washington lobbying firm then headed by Cain. "She kept it all quiet because of the confidentiality agreement," he said by phone from his Atlanta home.

A lifelong horsewoman, Kraushaar was diagnosed at 21 with scoliosis, or curvature of the spine.

After multiple surgeries and physical therapists, she was back in the saddle, now favoring the Paso Fino breed of horses because they have a gentler gait, her family said.

She follows a rigorous exercise plan involving weight training and cardiovascular conditioning, according to an equestrian website.

"Strange as it may seem, scoliosis makes sitting for hours in a chair a lot harder than walking or riding my horse," she told the site.

After the settlement, Kraushaar served as a spokeswoman for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, the predecessor of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She was a chief spokeswoman during one of the agency's most controversial immigration cases -- the custody battle over Elian Gonzalez, a Cuban boy rescued at sea who was then held by Florida relatives against the will of his father in Cuba. The boy was eventually returned to his dad.

In 2003, Kraushaar was a communications specialist for the Tax Advocate Service, an independent arm within the Internal Revenue Service that helps impoverished taxpayers.

Bialek is the only one of the four accusers to speak publicly. Cain's campaign instantly issued a blanket denial yesterday, saying, "All allegations of harassment against Mr. Cain are false."

"There was nothing to these baseless claims," he said on Sunday, recalling the first report of the charges. "I knew that."

(Excerpt read more at The Daily Mail)

9 Comments

Karen is not the 5th accuser, she was the first one that the lamo atty Bennett was talking about.

Karen now works for the bloated federal agency, IRS.

The so called 5th accuser was whining because Cain left her with a $800 wine bill. This latest whiner also works for another bloated federal agency. AND she admits to being an Obama supporter and is going to vote for him AGAIN!

http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=103541

It is obvious that the federal trough feeders are circling the wagons on their federal pork fest.

Cain is a huge threat to the federal gov't employees and they need their guy Obama to stay in office.

Cain is a threat to Obama and the possible weakening or demise of the Democratic party. He draws republican voters because of his intelligence and ability to lead. He can draw independents away from the democratic party because he represents the American Dream.. a man from parents of modest means who served his country in the US Navy, and went on to become a leader in commerce and politics. But more.. he can draw the less informed who believe the democratic party will protect and represent the minorities of the US. Cain demonstrates that you can be a minority and be a Republican - that's dangerous to the democratic propaganda. Being a minority threaten to undermine the constituent base of the democratic party... nuff said.

Thanks for the correction. I amended the headline to reflect the facts.

You are oh so correct. I agree 100%.

one of the few times a fathers rights were upheld for a kidnapped son you moron,,as to the cubans floating over any mother endangering her son that way should be jailed if she werent shark bait,,but the allure of federal welfare in miami is to great.

If you think a nation controlled by a madman who not only stole all the citizens wealth but took away their freedom also, should have your own wealth and freedom taken away to learn what it's like to actually take the risk of losing your life to escape to freedom.

If you would stop listening to the leftist propaganda machine, and study the Cuban's living in Miami, you will learn that they are the most self sufficient immigrants in America. The divorce rate and out of wedlock birthrate are some of the lowest in the nation when compared to most every other ethnic group.

No, they are not risking their lives to receive a government check, they are risking their lives to come to America where they can practice capitalism as it was meant to be practiced so that for the first time in their lives they can live a life that is free of any government control.

Unfortunately, their are way too many America born citizens like you, who believe that that we should model America after the country many died to escaped from. If Cuba is so great, then get on a plane and move there. I am sick and tired of losers like you who have no historical understanding as to who the good immigrants are and who the bad ones are.

Other than the 125,000 dregs of society Castro released from his prisons in late 1980 that Carter allowed into America just before the election that he lost in a landslide to Reagan, the vast majority of Cuban immigrants living in America are better citizens than many of the ones born here.

The distraction plan is working. OWS and sex fill the airwaves so that nobody's talking about the many failures of the Obama administration and the Pelosi/Reid Congress or the Republican primary.

While we ponder nutbags living in their own filth in a NYC park and these inane, years old accusations it would behoove us to remember the millions of Americans who are broke, out of work, and out of their homes. It would be smart to consider the lost opportunities that result from redistribution policies and picking winners that turn out to be losers, Solyndra, and losers that cost a hell of a lot of money (bail outs, stimulus, healthcare,) and tons of debt!

It would be smart to consider the lost opportunities that result from redistribution policies and picking winners that turn out to be losers, Solyndra, and losers that cost a hell of a lot of money (bail outs, stimulus, healthcare,) and tons of debt!

You are so right Tina, and now we can add in the mix a new tax from Obama on Christmas trees to make the burden just a bit more difficult to carry.

Its obvious anyone will do anything to smear a political campaign and thats exactly what they are doing to Cain. Even if past issues were resolved, theres nothing like grave digging to get the dirt all over the place. I see the metaphor here as critics digging the grave and wanting to watch Cain fill the hole back in with dirt.

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